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The Rise of Mobile Payment: Are We on the Cusp of a Cashless Society? In the age of technology, many aspects of everyday life are changing. For example, in 2006, many people began paying their bills online . One noticeable change would be the significant shift from shopping in stores to online . For several decades, credit and debit cards have been used to make payments instead of cash, changing how payments are made. Today, many people use cell phones to pay for store products or peer-to-peer payments. Due to this change, some Americans have stopped carrying cash. Many speculate that this trend will cause the United States to become a cashless society. In October 2022, Pew Research Center released a study, " More Americans are Entering a 'Cashless' Society. " The statistics in the study are intriguing; 41% of Americans say that they use cash for none of their purchases, which is 12% more than in 2018. Though 44% state they use cash for some assets, that number...
